Age of Sigmar: Introductory Set
Skaven · 25 models · 2 kits
5× Stormcast Eternals Liberators · 20× Skaven Clanrats
House Escher Paint Scheme
A full House Escher paint scheme, generated and ready to test: the armour ramp from basecoat to edge highlight plus metals, skin, lenses and basing — every colour matched to real paints from Citadel, Vallejo, Army Painter and 35+ more ranges, with live prices. Use it as a planner, tweak any colour, or take it into the full generator.
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We can't price a box for House Escher in your market today, so here are boxes to start from — and the paint sets that cover most of the recipe below.
Age of Sigmar: Starter Set
Skaven · 35 models · 4 kits
1× Lord-Veritant · 1× Gryph-crow · 3× Prosecutors · 5× Liberators · 1× Grey Seer · 1× Warlock Engineer · 3× Rat Ogors · 20× Clanrats
from €77.00· compare 3 shops· priced 28 Aug
Kill Team: Starter Set
Death Guard · 14 models
7× Angels of Death Kill Team operatives · 7× Plague Marine Kill Team operatives
from €81.00· compare 3 shops· priced 28 Aug
Warhammer 40,000: Starter Set
Orks · 46 models · 9 kits
1× Captain with Relic Shield · 1× Librarian · 5× Intercessors · 5× Vanguard Veterans with Jump Packs · 1× Land Speeder · 1× Warboss · 1× Weirdboy · 20× Ork Boyz · 10× Gretchin · 1× Wartrakk · 4× Large Manufactorum Ruins · 4× Small Manufactorum Ruins · 1× Shock Array · 1× Capacitor Stack · 2× Rockcrete Barricades · 1× Generator Shrine · 2× Galvanic Pylons
Horus Heresy: Saturnine Starter Set
Legiones Astartes · 50 models · 5 kits
1× Saturnine Praetor · 1× Centurion in MKII power armour · 1× Saturnine Dreadnought · 1× Araknae Quad Accelerator Platform · 6× Saturnine Terminators · 40× Legionaries in MKII power armour
20% off RRPFlesh-eater Courts: Charnel Watch - Spearhead
Flesh-eater Courts · 17 models · 4 kits
1× Abhorrant Gorewarden · 3× Crypt Horrors · 3× Crypt Flayers · 10× Royal Beastflayers (a Flaymaster, 7 Beastflayers and 2 Offal Hounds)
from €80.24· compare 2 shops· priced 28 Aug
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€216.67at Loaded Dice · eBay· priced 28 AugCovers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
€29.75at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 3 Sep
Covers 4 of 14 colours in this scheme
Covers 4 of 14 colours in this scheme
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from €172.50· compare 2 shops· priced 28 AugCovers 3 of 14 colours in this scheme
Covers 3 of 14 colours in this scheme
€29.75at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 3 Sep
Covers 3 of 14 colours in this scheme
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
Base coat
Shade
Layer
Highlight
Edge highlight
Additional details
Trim
Weapons
Leather
Skin
Lenses
Basing
Acid-bright hair
Chem-vials & neon
Black bodyglove
1
Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
★ Our pick for base coat
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2
Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
★ Our pick for shade
Close
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Approximate
3
Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
★ Our pick for layer
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Hexwraith Flame
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Very Close
Close
4
Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
Ferocious Green
Army Painter
★ Our pick for highlight
Very Close
Orruk Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Very Close
Close
Close
5
Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
★ Our pick for edge highlight
Close
Orruk Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Close
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Details & accent colours
Everything else on the model - metals, skin, leather, lenses, basing and this faction's signature accents.
Metal — trim
Trim and bare plate. Basecoat steel, wash dark, then edge bright silver.
★ Our pick for metal — trim
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Duraluminium
Vallejo
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Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
★ Our pick for metal — weapons
Similar
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Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
★ Our pick for leather & pouches
Exact Match
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Skin & flesh
Faces and hands. Basecoat, a flesh wash into the recesses, then build the highlights back up.
Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for skin & flesh
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Caucasian Skintone
Kimera Kolors
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Eyes & lenses
Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
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Warlock Purple
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Close
Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
Discontinued
Graveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for basing — earth
Very Close
Exact Match
German Splinter Brown Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
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Acid-bright hair
The second focal point on every Escher model - neon green, cyan or magenta, laid over a white basecoat because these colours die over black.
Very Close
One-coat Yellow-green
Warcolours
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Close
Electric Lime
Army Painter
Close
Chem-vials & neon
Vials, blade edges and glowing trim in a clashing hot pink. One bright note per model, so it reads as chem-alchemy rather than confetti.
★ Our pick for chem-vials & neon
Very Close
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Magenta Ink
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Close
Black bodyglove
The green panels sit on flat matt black - keep its highlights cold and thin so the acid green does all the shouting.
Black Legion
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for black bodyglove
Very Close
Exact Match
Very Close
Exact Match
Obsidian Pigment Toner
Army Painter
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Your paints
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
14 paints in this scheme
Niblet Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetDark Green
Warcolours
No price tracked yetTreant Green
Army Painter
No price tracked yetFerocious Green
Army Painter
No price tracked yetApple Green
Vallejo
No price tracked yetGrey Knights Steel
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetIron Wolf
Army Painter
Owlbear Brown
Army Painter
No price tracked yetBestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetSpellbound Fuchsia
Army Painter
No price tracked yetGraveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetLime Green
Scale75
No price tracked yetBoysenberry Pink
Vallejo
No price tracked yetBlack Legion
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yet
Every House Escher kit and box, priced
Prices compared across the shops that stock them — boxes ranked by cost per model.
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